The cast of the 1985 film "The Goonies" reunited Monday in support of castmate Ke Huy Quan. Stars Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, ...

Early characters dating from perhaps three thousand years ago illustrate how Chinese writing began. But this early start with pictorial writing was quickly abandoned. It is difficult for pictures to ...

Because Chinese characters are so complex ... or another very useful app, Pleco, to take photos of Chinese text (say, on a menu or a sign) and translate it on the spot. A good digital translator ...

Of course, a written language needs to convey ideas as well as things, so another group of characters illustrate abstract concepts such as one 一, two 二, above 上 and below 下.

However, among all of these writing systems, Chinese characters, Hanzi, hold a special place in my heart as being the most elegant and aesthetic. Despite the practical limitations of Chinese ...

The reason why? It features the usage of traditional Chinese characters to write out his name, not the typical English spelling. To the naked eye, Du's jersey looks a lot like that of his Notre ...

This is a mini-guide to Chinese characters. You can either click "Start" and you will be guided from one section to another or you can click on the right-hand side to go to the section of your choice.